Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
2013
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Medal Winner
The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
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Honor Books
- Splendors and glooms – by Laura Amy Schlitz
- Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon – by Steve Sheinkin
- Three Times Lucky – by JSheila Turnage
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2012
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Medal Winner
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
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Honor Books
- Inside Out & Back Again – by Thanhha Lai
- Breaking Stalin’s Nose – Written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
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2011
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Medal Winner
Moon over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
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Honor Books
- Turtle in Paradise – by Jennifer L. Holm
- Heart of a Samurai – by Margi Preus
- Dark Emperor – by Joyce Sidman
- One Crazy Summer – by Rita Williams-Garcia
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2010
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When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead
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Honor Books
- Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice – by Phillip Hoose
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate – by Jacqueline Kelly
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – by Grace Lin
- The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg – by Rodman Philbrick
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2009
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Medal Winner
by Neil Gaiman
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Honor Books
- The underneath – by Kathi Appelt
- The surrender tree : poems of Cuba’s struggle for freedom – by Margarita Engle
- Savvy – Ingrid Law
- After Tupac & D Foster – Jacqueline Woodson
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2008
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Medal Winner
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd
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Honor Books
- The Wednesday Wars – by Gary D. Schmidt
- Feathers – Jacqueline Woodson
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2007
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The Higher Power of Lucky
by Susan Patron, illustrated by Mat Phelan
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Honor Books
- Penny from Heaven – by Jennifer L. Holm
- Hattie Big Sky – by Kirby Larson
- Rules – Cynthia Lord
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2006
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Medal Winner
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Honor Books
- Armstrong, Alan W. – Whittington
- Hale, Shannon – Princess Academy
- Woodson, Jacqueline – Show way
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